Simon Mark Pepper is

emeritus professor ''Emeritus/Emerita'' () is an honorary title granted to someone who retires from a position of distinction, most commonly an academic faculty position, but is allowed to continue using the previous title, as in "professor emeritus". In some c ...

architecture Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and construction, constructi ...

at the

University of Liverpool The University of Liverpool (abbreviated UOL) is a Public university, public research university in Liverpool, England. Founded in 1881 as University College Liverpool, Victoria University (United Kingdom), Victoria University, it received Ro ...

. He is a specialist in

late medieval The late Middle Ages or late medieval period was the period of European history lasting from 1300 to 1500 AD. The late Middle Ages followed the High Middle Ages and preceded the onset of the early modern period (and in much of Europe, the Renai ...

and

early modern The early modern period is a Periodization, historical period that is defined either as part of or as immediately preceding the modern period, with divisions based primarily on the history of Europe and the broader concept of modernity. There i ...

military architecture Military engineering is loosely defined as the art, science, and practice of designing and building military works and maintaining lines of military transport and military communications. Military engineers are also responsible for logistics b ...

Career

Pepper is professor of architecture at the University of Liverpool. He is a member of the

Royal Institute of British Architects The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is a professional body for architects primarily in the United Kingdom, but also internationally, founded for the advancement of architecture under its royal charter granted in 1837, three suppl ...

. He is a specialist in late medieval and early modern military architecture and has been on the editorial board of '' Fort: The International Journal of Military Architecture'' since 1997.Prof Simon Pepper.
University of Liverpool. Retrieved 21 November 2015. Pepper is a fellow of the

Royal Society of Arts The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, commonly known as the Royal Society of Arts (RSA), is a learned society that champions innovation and progress across a multitude of sectors by fostering creativity, s ...

Selected publications

*''Firearms and fortifications: Military architecture and siege warfare in Sixteenth Century Siena''.

University of Chicago Press The University of Chicago Press is the university press of the University of Chicago, a Private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois. It is the largest and one of the oldest university presses in the United States. It pu ...

, 1986. (With Nicholas Adams) *"Sword and spade: Military construction in renaissance Italy", in '' Construction History'', 16, 2000. pp. 13–22. ISSN 0267-7768 *''Books, buildings and social engineering: Early public libraries in Britain from past to present''. Ashgate, 2009. (With Alistair Black and Kaye Bagshaw) *"Warfare and Operational Art: Communications, Cannon and Small War" in Tallett, Frank and Trim, David, eds. ''European Warfare 1350-1750''.

Cambridge University Press Cambridge University Press was the university press of the University of Cambridge. Granted a letters patent by King Henry VIII in 1534, it was the oldest university press in the world. Cambridge University Press merged with Cambridge Assessme ...

, Cambridge, 2010. pp. 181–202.

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